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Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
Assessment - APGAR Score ... via a 10-point scale ... Apgar score is based ... Apgar scores < 7 ... there is increased risk
Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
listed with a score ... : • Add the score ... the ACB total score ... decline in MMSE score ... Cognitive #Burden #Geriatrics
Cirrhosis Risk / Staging Calculators

BONACINI CIRRHOSIS DISCRIMINANT SCORE (CDS)
CHILD PUGH CLASSIFICATION OF SEVERITY OF CIRRHOSIS 

#Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis Risk / ... DISCRIMINANT SCORE ... #Cirrhosis ... #ESLD #hepatology ... #risk #staging
CHA2DS2VASc vs HAS-BLED scores for stroke risk and bleed risk on anticoagulation

C	Congestive Heart Failure	1

H	Hypertension	1

A2	Age >75	2

D	Diabetes Mellitus	1

S2	Stroke,
CHA2DS2VASc vs HAS-BLED scores ... for stroke risk ... dL) 1 Liver (cirrhosis ... HASBLED #Comparison #Score ... AFib #Diagnosis #Hematology
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
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Clinical Frailty Scale ... automatically increase the score ... Clinical #Frailty #Scale ... #CFS #Tips #Geriatrics ... #Diagnosis #Management
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
NAFLD fibrosis score ... signifying a low risk ... NAFLD Fibrosis Score ... algorithm #Referral #Management ... #Hepatology
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
Diagnosis and Management ... injection sites) ↑ Risk ... → Calculate 4T score ... • If 4T score ... #Treatment #Hematology
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Nutrition in Cirrhosis ... • Patients at risk ... disease (Child-Pugh score ... #diet #management ... #hepatology #pathophysiology
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Clinical Frailty Score ... and not at high risk ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... Clinical #Frailty #Scale ... #Score #CFS #Rockwood
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
to identify low-risk ... and 44.5% - Lab-score ... Diagnosis #EBM #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Antibiotics #Risk